Setting a reflection reminder

In help you build up a habit of reflection you can set up a reflection reminder which will trigger a notification at the schedule you define to prompt you to add a reflection.

You can set a reflection reminder to trigger at a set time of day at the following frequencies:

  • Daily
  • Weekly, choosing the day of the week to get reminded
  • Monthly, choosing the day of the month to get reminded

Setting a reflection reminder

To set a reflection reminder you must first have at least one question added. This is because you can’t create a new reflection without a question (as you’ll have nothing to answer).

If you’ve not set up a reflection reminder previousl you will be prompted to permit Garner to send you notifications. To do this follow these steps:

  1. Got to the “Settings” tab in the bottom navigation
  2. Press the “Enable notifications” button under the “reflection reminders” section
  3. You will see an alert asking you if you’d like to permit Garner to send you notifications. Press “Allow”
  4. Press the “Set reflection reminder” button
  5. Select the frequency and time that you want to be reminded
  6. Press “Add Reminder”

After setting a reflection reminder the UI will update to tell you the shedule you selected and you will be reminded to reflect when the next day and time that your scheduled reminder would trigger.

Updating a reflection reminder

Once you have set a reflection reminder you can update the schedule:

  1. Press “Update reminder”
  2. Select the new frequency and time you want to be reminded
  3. Press “Update reminder’

After updating the reflection reminder schuled the UI will update to tell you the new schedule you selected and you will be reminded to reflect when the next day and time that your updated schedule would trigger.

Removing a reflection reminder

You can remove the reflection reminder if you have one set:

  1. Press “Update reminder”
  2. Press “Remove reflection reminder”

This will remove the scheduled reflection reminder and the UI will update to allow you to create a new reflection reminder if you wish to add it.

Actioning a reflection reminder

The reflection reminder will trigger in two ways:

  • If you have the app open when the reflection reminder would trigger you will see an alert giving you the option to create a reflection or dismiss the alert
  • If you have the app closed when the reflection reminder would trigger you will get a notification which you can press to open the app and add a reflection

If you don’t press the notification or dismiss the alert then the app will show you a reminder at the top of the reflection list that you had a reminder that wasn’t actioned. Pressing the “Add Reflection” button on this reminder will bring up the reflection entry screen

Paused reflection reminders

You need to have one or more questions set up in order to set a reflection reminder up. However you may then remove the questions from the question list without removing the reflection reminder.

When this happens the reflection reminder goes into a “paused” state. This “paused” state means that the reflection reminder will not trigger until a question is added again.

The app will pause the reflection reminders so you don’t end up being reminded to add a reflection but have no questions to answer as part of that reflection.

You can “resume” the reflection reminder by adding a question.